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Melissa Bjelland

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Melissa Bjelland

Research Associate

Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability

Overview

Melissa Bjelland received her Ph.D. in economics from Cornell University with specializations in the fields of labor economics, health economics, and econometrics. In January 2008, she joined the faculty of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. As a Research Associate within the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, she advances knowledge of the labor force experiences of people with disabilities by examining a variety of survey and administrative data. In addition to her research activities, she assists in grant writing, identifying new funding sources, developing grant outlines and materials, and conceptualizing special research and knowledge dissemination projects.